Modeling for Health System Analysis & Priority Setting

GHP 501 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

This course offers an introduction to modeling for health system analysis and priority setting in global health, and its key quantitative methods. Students will learn to use a range of tools to address central concerns and topics, including: health disparities; medical impoverishment and financial risk protection; economic evaluations for health policy assessment; health system performance and country performance on health. Modeling for health system analysis – and therefore this course – draws from the disciplines of global public health, health services research, epidemiology, economics and applied mathematics. Through readings, homework, basic programming using R software (www.r-project.org), and a research assignment, students will gain solid quantitative knowledge of the field. 
The course is designed around three main areas of inquiry and application, with an emphasis on low- and middle-income countries:

I. Economic evaluation for health policy assessment
II. Health system modeling
III. Efficiency, equity, and performance

Course Note: Instructor permission is required for enrollment. Students who wish to enroll must request instructor permission in my.Harvard.
Please submit your petition to enroll by 5:00pm on January 15, 2027.
The petition should contain the following information: (i) an explanation of how you will benefit from taking this course, (ii) the relevance to your career path and research plans, and (iii) if you have any background in using R software.